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Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade's jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, "The Maltese Falcon." Spade's chin was among the f

Chimpanzees, humans' closest living relatives, do not have a chin. Neither did Neanderthals, Denisovans, or any other extinct human species. Humans, it turns out, have a unique capacity to "take it on the chin" because we're uniquely in possession of that physical feature. That exclusive nature makes the chin well suited for identifying Homo sapiens in the fossil record. In simplest terms, a chin is a bony projection of the lower jaw. So why is it there? How and why did it evolve? The answer, part of a study published in the journal PLOS One by a team led by a University at Buffalo biological anthropologist, broadens the holistic understanding of the human body as an amalgamation of adaptations and random byproducts of evolution.

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Takahashi Shotei, Chin, 1926

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I may still be in my Iron Giant fixation 👀

Have some Hogarth and Dean study sketches

#gosh I love this movie #it’s really a masterpiece #the iron giant #hogarth hughes #dean mccoppin #face studies #crunch art #for these sketches when looking at a reference I start with the front hair whisps #the back of the hair #the ears #forehead and nasion #chin #brows #nose #mouth #eyes #then I go back in and make adjustments usually having to move the chin #then for these I added a neck #just a breakdown I found helpful

Chin, the Mayan god of gay sex.

In Maya mythology, Chin (sometimes grouped alongside deities like Cu and Maran) is a unique and specialized deity primarily recognized as the patron god of same-sex relationships and sacred pederasty (gay sex). Unlike mainstream Mayan creator gods, Chin's lore deals with the normalization, regulation, and mythic introduction of sacred pederasty (gay sex) within specific regions of ancient Mayan society.

According to historical accounts, early Mesoamerican societies initially treated certain behaviors as strict taboos. The lore dictates that Chin fundamentally changed this cultural landscape:

The Divine Demonstration: Mythological texts state that Chin openly engaged in sexual relations with another male deity (referred to in colonial texts as a "demon") and with human subjects.

Normalizing the Taboo: By demonstrating this act publicly, Chin established same-sex relationships as structurally and spiritually permissible.

The "Demon of Lust": While the Maya viewed him as a patron of relationships, European colonizers later demonized him, recording Chin in historic texts as a corruptive "Demon of Lust" due to their own religious biases.

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